Improvement in umbrella-holders for vehicles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. DEWEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HLMSELF,WILLIAM A. DROWN, AND WILLIAM A. DROWN, JR., OF SAME PLACE, AND WILLISH. BELKNAP AND WEBSTER O. POWELL, OF NEW YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-HOLDERS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,8 13, dated August4,1874; application filed June 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE F. DEWEY, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improved Holding Device for Umbrellas, 8vo., of which thefollowing is a specification:

The main object of my invention is to secure an umbrella to the seat orother portion of an express-wagon or other vehicle, by the deviceillustrated in the sectional view, Figure l, and plan view, Fig. 2, ofthe accompanying drawing, the said holding device consisting mainly oftwo semi-spherical blocks, A and A', arranged to embrace theumbrella-stick B, and to be tightly clamped to the same by the pressureof two recessed plates, D and D', between which the said blocks areretained, and on which they can, together with the stick. be adjusted toany angle, all as fully described hereafter.

E represents a portion of the driver's seat of an express-wagon or othervehicle, over which the umbrella is to be held. A plate, F, is securedto the front of the seat, and between guides a a, on this plate, iswedged a tapering projection, b, on the lower plate D' of the holdingdevice; this method of attachment permitting the latter to be readilyconnected to and disconnected from the seat, but its accidentaldisengagement is prevented by a pin, d, which is passed through bothplates and into the seat, as shown. The upper plate D of the holder ishinged to the lower plate at c, and the two plates are recessed at thecenter for the reception of the semi-spherical clampingblocks A and A',which are pressed toward each other and against the umbrella-stick B,when the said plates are drawn together by a set-screw, h, with whichthey are provided. On loosening this set-screw, the blocks A A' will bereleased, and can then be turned to any desired position upon theplates, within certain limits, for the purpose of adjusting theumbrella-stick to the desired angle, and after such adjustment the partscan be again tightly clamped together by simply turning the setscrew.

I prefer, in carrying out my invention, to

arrange the hinge e and set-screw l1. as shown, but the arrangement maybe reversed by hinging the plate D at its outer instead of at its innerend, or two set-screws, h, may be employed, one at each side of theclampingblocks, in which case the hinge may be dispensed withaltogether.

Although my improved holding device is especially intended forumbrellas, it is equally applicable to the retention of smallflag-staffs and other objects which it is desirable to adjustlongitudinally or to an angle.

I do not claim connecting the staff' of an umbrella or ilag to a supportor holder by a ball and socket or an universal joint 5 but I claim as myinvention- An umbrella-holding device, in which two recessed plates, Dand D', admitting of adjustment toward and from each other, are combinedwith two. semi-spherical clampingblocks, A and A', for the reception andretention of a stick, B', all substantially as specied.

In testimony whereoi I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. F. DEWEY.

Witnesses: WM. A. STEEL HARRY SMITH.

